The Fall of the American Empire: Trump’s Merchandising, Epstein’s Secrets, and Iran’s Vow to Bankrupt Him

by Jon Little intern Mr. Carmine Lombardi

Jun 23, 2025

The Grift, the War, and the Unraveling of American Decency

It is not every day that a man rises to power through a combination of casino sleaze, courtroom fraud, and a merchandising empire that would make the Home Shopping Network blush.

But Donald Trump is not just any man—he is a living monument to the collapse of American integrity, a walking, tweeting testament to the rot at the heart of the nation’s ruling class.

Begin with his roots: a casino operator, a profession that speaks volumes about his moral compass. Casinos are not just dens of vice; they are machines designed to strip wealth from the vulnerable, and to do so with a smile.

Trump’s early career in Atlantic City was marked by his willingness to cozy up to organized crime, hiring mob-linked firms to build his towers and benefiting from the racketeering that saturated the construction industry. He convinced regulators to limit his background checks, bragged about being “clean as a whistle,” and yet, all the while, his business practices were anything but.

He never paid hard working contractors across these subs (drywallers, framers, masons, flatwork, electricians, plumbers, window installers, welders, flooring contractors, name any industry and Trump stiffed them)

This is a man who was convicted of fraud—not once, but dozens of times—through schemes like Trump University, which conned thousands out of their life savings with promises of real estate riches. When the courts finally caught up with him, he dismissed it as a “small deal,” a minor inconvenience.

But for the victims, it was anything but. The fraud was brazen, the deception systematic, and the aftermath revealing: Trump never apologized, never made amends—he just moved on to the next grift.

And what a grift it has become. The Trump brand is now a circus of self-enrichment: Trump Phones made in China, Trump Coins, Trump Watches, Trump-themed Bibles—each product more absurd than the last.

The man who once promised to “Make America Great Again” now hawks $100,000 timepieces to his most gullible followers, all while licensing his name to third parties who do the actual manufacturing. It’s a self-serving spectacle, a merchandising blitzkrieg that would embarrass even the most shameless infomercial pitchman.

Meanwhile, Trump’s net worth has ballooned by 40% since taking office, thanks largely to his stake in his social media company, Trump Media & Technology Group. The rest of America struggles with unemployment, with the so-called “Magnificent Seven” tech companies shedding jobs by the hundreds of thousands, but Trump is doing just fine. He has turned the presidency into a personal piggy bank, selling access to his office for $500,000 a pop, or even $5 million for a one-on-one meeting. The pay-to-play culture is not just tolerated—it’s celebrated, normalized, and leveraged for maximum profit.

But Trump’s self-dealing is not limited to the domestic sphere. His international dealings are equally shameless. He has conducted a self-serving tour of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Syria, using the presidency as a platform for personal enrichment and geopolitical posturing. In the Middle East, he has played both sides, backing Saudi Arabia against Qatar, then undermining his own administration’s efforts to ease tensions. His foreign policy is not guided by principle or strategy, but by ego and opportunism.

And now, as Israel and Iran teeter on the brink of war, Trump has demanded “unconditional surrender” from Tehran, even as Iran’s Revolutionary Guard vows to use their vast wealth and shell companies to short Trump’s stock, devalue his crypto coins, and buy up his businesses’ debts to force them into bankruptcy7. It is a surreal twist: the man who built his fortune on debt and deception now faces the possibility of being undone by the very tactics he perfected.

Trump’s response to international crises is as predictable as it is dangerous. When he feels humiliated—as he did after his pathetic military parade birthday party, sponsored by Lockheed Martin, Coinbase, and Palantir—he lashes out. He bombs a country to self-soothe, turning the U.S. military into his personal therapy dog. He sends troops into American cities, turning the National Guard and Marines against his own citizens, something that has never been done before in peacetime.

He orders ICE agents to roam from town to town, boarding school buses, raiding farms and meatpacking plants, abusing women selling tamales, and terrorizing communities in the name of “law and order”.

Meanwhile, at home, the chaos is deliberate. The ruling class thrives on instability, hoping that the workers will cry out for rescue—only to be met with a digital currency, the final solution of total control. Trump’s regime is a machine for manufacturing fear and division, a dystopian vision of America where the strong prey on the weak and the vulnerable are left to fend for themselves.

But the rot goes deeper than Trump himself. The Republican Party, once a bastion of conservative values, has become a cult of personality, a clubhouse for grifters and sycophants.

The only exception is Thomas Massie the lone voice of dissent, who would not take AIPAC money, who never went to Epstein’s island. The rest of the party despises him for it, but Massie’s refusal to play along is a rare glimmer of integrity in a sea of corruption.

Elon Musk, ever the provocateur, recently insinuated that Trump is in the Epstein files—and that is why they have not been released.

The implication is damning: Epstein was not just a predator, but a spy, a blackmailer, a tool of foreign intelligence. The idea that politicians were videotaped raping children, and that this footage was used as leverage, is no longer conspiracy theory—it is fact, supported by credible reports and former intelligence officials.

The ruling class is compromised, and Trump is at the center of it all.

Do not be distracted by Trump’s bombing of Iran, or by his endless stream of merchandise, or by his self-serving tours of the Middle East. The real story is here at home, where millions are about to be stripped of healthcare and food, where ICE agents terrorize communities, and where the ruling class tightens its grip on power.

Trump is not just scum—he is a symptom of a deeper sickness, a warning of what happens when a nation abandons its principles and embraces chaos.

Understand what is going on here. The grift is the point. The war is a distraction. The unraveling of American decency is well underway. And unless we wake up, it will be too late.

If Iran’s Revolutionary Guard and allied entities mobilize their vast wealth funds and shell companies to short Trump-related stocks, the impact could be dramatic—especially if others, sensing his soaring unpopularity, join in. Coordinated short-selling could trigger a cascade of selling pressure, driving share prices down rapidly and amplifying market volatility.

If enough creditors and speculators pile in, a “bear raid” could ensue, fueling panic and destabilizing company valuations.

Aggressive shorting of his crypto coins could further erode investor confidence, leading to mass sell-offs and devaluation. The combination could create a self-reinforcing financial crisis for Trump’s empire.

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